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Jan 20, 2006 · Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World: Directed by Albert Brooks. With Penny Marshall, Victoria Burrows, Paul Jerome, Albert Brooks. To improve its relations with Muslim countries, the United States government sends comedian Albert Brooks to south Asia to write a report on what makes followers of Islam laugh.
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- 2006-01-20
98 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Budget. $10,000,000. Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World is a 2005 film starring and directed by Albert Brooks. [1] It was shown at the Dubai International Film Festival .
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- Michael Giacchino
- Albert Brooks
- Steve Bing, Herb Nanas, JoAnn Perittano
Jan 20, 2006 · Nathan Rabin AV Club Looking for Comedy succeeds smashingly both as a comedy and as a savvy deconstruction of comedy. Rated: A-Nov 27, 2006 Full Review Stephanie Zacharek Salon.com The movie has a ...
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Jan 19, 2006 · That's the premise for a movie that might inspire a sequel titled, "Searching for Comedy in the Albert Brooks World." I mean that as a compliment. Brooks' movie has a lot of humor in it, but it's buried, oblique, throwaway, inside, apologetic, coded and underplayed. Midway through the movie, he does a free stand-up comedy show in New Delhi, and ...
Historically, America has had a hard time understanding the Muslim world. 195 IMDb 5.5 1 h 38 min 2006. X-Ray PG-13. Comedy · Outlandish · Playful · Strange. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $3.99. Buy. HD $9.99.
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Aug 29, 2006 · Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (DVD) (WS) A nation called out in its time of need. Albert Brooks answered. Yes, he would venture into India and Pakistan on a top assignment for the USA. Yes, he would see if comedy could achieve what diplomacy and power has not – make the region’s 300-million Muslims like us.
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Written and directed by Albert Brooks, "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World" is a funny and insightful look at some of the issues we are dealing with in a post-9/11 world. The comedy also stars Sheetal Sheth, John Carroll Lynch, Jon Tenney, and Fred Dalton Thompson. Odd comedy sends Albert Brooks to South Asia.
